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twin

/ˈtwɪn/

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noun

plural twins

[count] either one of two babies that are born at the same time to the same mother

She's the mother of twins.

The twins went swimming after lunch.

My sister just had twins.

Sarah and her brother are twins.

I didn't know she had a twin. [=a sister/brother who is her twin] - compare quadruplet, quintuplet, sextuplet, triplet; see also conjoined twin, fraternal twin, identical twin

either one of two similar things that form a pair

I found one glove but I can't find its twin. [=I can't find the other glove]

adjective

always used before a noun

used to describe children who are twins

my twin brother [=my brother who is my twin]

They had twin girls.

made up of two similar things that are used together

a twin-engine airplane [=an airplane that has two engines]

forming one of a pair of related or connected ideas or places

the twin goals of reducing oil dependence and protecting the environment

verb

twins; twinned; twinning

[+ obj] to bring (two things) together in close association - usually used as (be) twinned

Research is twinned [=coupled] with technology.

They will be twinned [=paired] in the pages of history.

two cultures with a twinned destiny

Brit :to form a relationship between (two towns in two countries) - usually used as (be) twinned

Our town is twinned with a town of roughly the same size in France.

* Các từ tương tự:
twin bed, twin town, twine, twinge, twinkle, twinkling, twinset, twin-size